Abortion-rights advocates are asking a judge Wednesday to overturn Missouri’s near-total ban on the procedure, less than a month after voters backed an abortion-rights constitutional amendment. Jackson County Circuit Judge Jerri Zhang was set to hear arguments from Planned Parenthood and the state’s Republican Attorney

Three abortion providers have filed a lawsuit to nullify a state law that prohibits most abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy, arguing it is invalid under a constitutional amendment Arizona voters approved last month. The lawsuit filed Tuesday requests a ...

After voters last month approved sweeping constitutional protections for abortion in Arizona, two local doctors and Planned Parenthood are suing to void the state’s 15-week gestational ban. Last month,

Reproductive rights advocates are trying to dismantle a 15-week abortion ban in Arizona that conflicts with newly expanded access establishing a fundamental right to abortion in the state

Reproductive rights advocates sued Arizona on Tuesday to undo a 15-week abortion ban that conflicts with a constitutional amendment recently approved by voters to expand access up to fetal viability.

Reproductive rights advocates filed a lawsuit challenging Arizona's 15-week abortion ban under Proposition 139, and the state attorney general's office says that restriction is no longer enforceable.

According to a press release, the ban "is in violation of the state's new constitutional amendment protecting the fundamental right to abortion."

The Democratic attorney general of Arizona has already agreed to not enforce the ban until the lawsuit is resolved.